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Thursday, 31 October 2013

Camp Team Meetings

One of the things you may have noticed if you’ve been following my “Photo
Friday” posts is that I have been doing quite a lot of travelling this month.
In fact, as I sit down to do my expenses for October I will be submitting receipts in six
different currencies!

So, why have I been doing so much travelling?

Well, my role is to serve the camp ministry of Josiah Venture and those
over-one-hundred camps happen in lots of countries! And in those countries
there are people who organise, lead and serve those camps – both national
missionaries and second-culture missionaries.

Most camps last a week or less but the work for them happens all year
round as people recruit and prepare short term teams, work with national
churches, promote camps to young people, recruit and prepare interns, prepare
finances, budgets and resources… and then follow up with all those people!

So, we’ve been meeting with the camp teams of countries to go through
what they’re doing throughout the year and to discover how we can best
encourage and support them.

So far we have had these 4-6 hour long meetings with Czech, Poland,
Latvia and Estonia and are scheduled to go to Slovenia in early December.

It has been such a joy to meet with these people who are passionately serving
God and who are passionate about reaching the youth of these nations for
Christ. And it has been so exciting to sit and listen to stories of how God is moving through these camps and drawing people to Himself.

If you would like to know more about these countries you’ll find out
some information about them and their ministry outlook by clicking on their profiles
on the JV website.